M. D. Bright
Mark D. Bright was an American comic book and storyboard artist. Sometimes credited as Doc Bright, he was best known for pencilling the Marvel Comics Iron Man story "Armor Wars", the two Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn miniseries for DC Comics, for painting the cover to Marvel Comics' Transformers #5 and for co-creating Quantum and Woody with writer Christopher J. Priest. Bright later became a freelance storyboard artist, although he and Priest reunited for a five-issue Quantum and Woody miniseries published by the new incarnation of Valiant Comics in 2014–2015.
Biography
Bright was born on December 27, 1955 and grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. His work in comics began in 1978 with a three-page story in House of Mystery #257. His first regular work was providing the art for the Christopher Priest-penned Falcon mini-series in 1983. One issue was completed by artist Paul Smith, and Bright pencilled the remaining three issues.Bright again collaborated with Priest on the final 10 issues of Power Man and Iron Fist. Bright's regular-artist runs on comic-book series include Solo Avengers, Iron Man, G.I. Joe, Green Lantern, Action Comics, Milestone Comics' Icon and Acclaim Comics' Quantum and Woody. Although Bright inked some of his covers, most of his interior comics artwork was created in collaboration with an inker, primarily Romeo Tanghal, Randy Emberlin, Greg Adams and Mike Gustovich. During his years as a full-time comic book artist, Bright also provided artwork for analogous trading cards: The Green Lantern Hal Jordan card for Impel's 1992 DC Cosmic Cards, approximately one-third of Impel's 1991 G.I. Joe trading card set, and all of the Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps artwork for Impel/Skybox's 1993 DC Cosmic Teams trading cards.
After 20 years in American comic books, Bright moved into storyboarding for commercials, and live-action television and feature films, notably including M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender. He occasionally returned to comics, including an Untold Tales of the New Universe one-shot for Marvel Comics and a Transformers: Spotlight issue for IDW Publishing. Bright also created the Damaged comic series with Jason McKee of A-10 Comics.
Bright died on March 27, 2024, at the age of 68.
DC Comics
- A. Bizarro, miniseries, #1–4
- Action Comics Weekly #622–635
- Aquaman Annual #5
- Batman 422, 424, 425, 449
- Batman: League of Batmen #1–2
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat #34
- Deadman: Dead Again, miniseries, #4
- Firebrand #6
- Ghosts #100
- Green Lantern, vol. 3, #13–17, 19, #25–31, 33–35, 38–39, 41–43, 46, 132–133, Special #2, 80-Page Giant #2
- Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #1–3
- Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn, miniseries, #1–6
- Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn II, miniseries, #1–6
- House of Mystery #257
- Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 2, #59
- Mister Miracle vol. 2 #19
- Secret Origins #36
- Superman: The Man of Steel #31, Annual #3
- The New Titans #56, 87
- Valor #1–4
- Wonder Woman vol. 2 #137–138
Milestone Media
- Hardware #14
- Icon #1–10, 13–17, 19–25, 27–31, 33–36, 38–42
- Milestone Forever #1–2,
- ''Worlds Collide Special''
Paradox Press
- The Big Book of Bad
- The Big Book of Little Criminals
- The Big Book of Urban Legends
- ''The Big Book of the Weird Wild West''
Marvel Comics
- Avengers |Avengers] #224, Annual #17
- Amazing Spider-Man On Bullying Prevention,
- Black Panther, vol. 2, #11–12, 24
- Captain America #358–365
- Captain Marvel, vol. 2, #1
- Classic X-Men #36
- Dazzler #25, 32–33
- Falcon, miniseries, #2–4
- Fantastic Four Annual #18
- G.I. Joe: [A Real American Hero |G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero] #35–36, 89–90, 92–96, 98, 100–106, 108
- Iron Man #200–201, 203–208, 210, 215–217, 220–223, 225–231, 274, Annual #9, 15
- Marvel Comics Presents #51
- Marville, miniseries, #1–6
- Untold Tales of the New Universe: D.P. 7
- Power Man and Iron Fist #115–125
- Rom #56
- Solo Avengers #1–3, 5–11
- Spider-Man vs. Wolverine
- Thor #333–335
- Team America #9
- West Coast Avengers Annual #1
- X-Factor #120
Other publishers
- Predator 2 #2
- The Dark #1
- Primortals #5
- Quantum and Woody #0–8, 10–17
- Quantum and Woody #32, 18–20
- Master Lock Presents: The Incredible Hulk #1
- ''Transformers Spotlight: Nightbeat''
As writer or co-writer
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero issue #109
- Static #44-45
As pin-up contributor, partial list only
- The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- Who's Who in the DC Universe
- L.E.G.I.O.N. Annual #5
- G.I. Joe #129, pin-up of Torpedo, Marvel Comics, 1992
- G.I. Joe #131, pin-up of Duke, Marvel Comics, 1992
Reprints and collections of M.D. Bright's work
- Iron Man: The Armor Wars
- The Many Armors of Iron Man
- Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn
- Icon: A Hero's Welcome
- GOAT: H.A.E.D.U.S. #1
- Quantum and Woody: The Director's Cut
- Quantum and Woody: Kiss Your Ass Goodbye
- Quantum and Woody: Holy S-Word, We're Cancelled?!
- Quantum and Woody: Magnum Force
- G.I. Joe vol 4
- Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn
- Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn II
- Iron Man: The Dragon Seed Saga
- Iron Man: The Many Armors of Iron Man
- Iron Man: Armor Wars
- Iron Man: Armor Wars Prologue reprints Iron Man #215–224, features eight issues by Bright, Marvel Comics, 2010)
- Classic G.I. Joe vol. 4
- Icon: A Hero's Welcome
- Icon: The Mothership Connection
- Classic G.I. Joe vol. 9
- Classic G.I. Joe vol. 10
- Classic G.I. Joe vol. 11
- The Complete Quantum and Woody Classic Omnibus
- Milestone Compendium One
- ''Milestone Compendium Two''